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Hiob 16
Hoffnung für Alle
Hiob 16
Hoffnung für Alle
Hiob: Ihr habt gut reden!
16 Hiob erwiderte:
2 »Ach, solche Worte habe ich schon oft gehört.
Ihr alle habt nur schwachen Trost zu bieten!
3 Hört dein hohles Geschwätz niemals auf?
Was reizt dich so, dass du mir ständig widersprechen musst?
4 Auch ich könnte reden so wie ihr,
wenn ich an eurer Stelle wäre!
Ich könnte euch dann schöne Vorträge halten
und weise mein Haupt schütteln.
5 Mit meinen Worten würde ich euch stärken
und euch mein Beileid aussprechen.
6 Doch wenn ich rede,
lässt mein Schmerz nicht nach,
und schweige ich,
so wird es auch nicht besser!«
Gott greift mich immer wieder an!
7 »O Gott, du hast mir meine Kraft genommen,
meine Familie und meinen Freundeskreis hast du zerstört.
8 Du hast mich gepackt –
schon das soll meine Schuld beweisen!
Meine Krankheit tritt als Zeuge gegen mich auf.
9 Gott ist mein Feind geworden,
er fletscht die Zähne,
zerreißt mich im Zorn
und durchbohrt mich mit seinen Blicken.
10 Auch die Menschen verbünden sich gegen mich.
Sie reißen ihr Maul gegen mich auf
und schlagen mir voller Hohn auf die Wange.
11 Gott hat mich bösen Menschen ausgeliefert;
Gottlosen bin ich in die Hände gefallen.
12 Ich lebte in Ruhe und Frieden,
aber Gott hat mich aufgeschreckt,
mich am Genick gepackt und zerschmettert.
Er hat mich zu seiner Zielscheibe gemacht,
13 seine Pfeile schießen auf mich zu.
Erbarmungslos durchbohrt er meine Nieren,
meine Galle tropft zu Boden.
14 Wunde um Wunde fügt er mir zu,
wie ein Soldat rennt er gegen mich an.
15 In Trauerkleidung sitze ich hier,
ich bin am Boden zerstört[a].
16 Ich habe dunkle Ringe um die Augen,
und mein Gesicht ist rot vom vielen Weinen,
17 obwohl ich kein Unrecht begangen habe
und mein Gebet aus reinem Herzen kommt.«
Ich rufe meinen Zeugen an!
18 »O Erde, bedecke mein Blut nicht,
lass meinen Hilfeschrei niemals verstummen!
19 Doch auch jetzt schon habe ich einen Zeugen hoch im Himmel;
der tritt für mich ein!
20 Meine Freunde verspotten mich,
darum schaue ich unter Tränen nach Gott aus.
21 Er wird mich freisprechen
und mir bei anderen Menschen Recht verschaffen.
22 Nur wenige Jahre habe ich noch zu leben,
bis ich den Weg beschreiten muss,
von dem es keine Rückkehr gibt.«
Footnotes
- 16,15 Wörtlich: ich habe mein Horn in den Staub gesenkt. – Das Horn steht sinnbildlich für Stärke und Kraft.
Job 16
New International Version
Job 16
New International Version
Job
16 Then Job replied:
2 “I have heard many things like these;
you are miserable comforters,(A) all of you!(B)
3 Will your long-winded speeches never end?(C)
What ails you that you keep on arguing?(D)
4 I also could speak like you,
if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
and shake my head(E) at you.
5 But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort(F) from my lips would bring you relief.(G)
6 “Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.(H)
7 Surely, God, you have worn me out;(I)
you have devastated my entire household.(J)
8 You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
my gauntness(K) rises up and testifies against me.(L)
9 God assails me and tears(M) me in his anger(N)
and gnashes his teeth at me;(O)
my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(P)
10 People open their mouths(Q) to jeer at me;(R)
they strike my cheek(S) in scorn
and unite together against me.(T)
11 God has turned me over to the ungodly
and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(U)
12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(V)
He has made me his target;(W)
13 his archers surround me.(X)
Without pity, he pierces(Y) my kidneys
and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Again and again(Z) he bursts upon me;
he rushes at me like a warrior.(AA)
15 “I have sewed sackcloth(AB) over my skin
and buried my brow in the dust.(AC)
16 My face is red with weeping,(AD)
dark shadows ring my eyes;(AE)
17 yet my hands have been free of violence(AF)
and my prayer is pure.(AG)
18 “Earth, do not cover my blood;(AH)
may my cry(AI) never be laid to rest!(AJ)
19 Even now my witness(AK) is in heaven;(AL)
my advocate is on high.(AM)
20 My intercessor(AN) is my friend[a](AO)
as my eyes pour out(AP) tears(AQ) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(AR) with God
as one pleads for a friend.
22 “Only a few years will pass
before I take the path of no return.(AS)
Footnotes
- Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn
Job 16
English Standard Version
Job 16
English Standard Version
Job Replies: Miserable Comforters Are You
16 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I have heard (A)many such things;
(B)miserable comforters are you all.
3 Shall (C)windy words have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 I also could speak as you do,
if you were in my place;
I could join words together against you
and (D)shake my head at you.
5 I could strengthen you with my mouth,
and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.
6 “If I speak, my pain is not assuaged,
and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
7 Surely now God has worn me out;
(E)he has[a] made desolate all my company.
8 And he has shriveled me up,
which is (F)a witness against me,
and my (G)leanness has risen up against me;
it testifies to my face.
9 He has (H)torn me in his wrath (I)and hated me;
he has (J)gnashed his teeth at me;
my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
10 Men have (K)gaped at me with their mouth;
they have (L)struck me insolently on the cheek;
they (M)mass themselves together against me.
11 God gives me up to the ungodly
and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his (N)target;
13 his (O)archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys (P)and does not spare;
he (Q)pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with (R)breach upon breach;
he (S)runs upon me like a warrior.
15 I have sewed (T)sackcloth upon my skin
and have laid (U)my strength (V)in the dust.
16 My face is red with weeping,
and on my eyelids is (W)deep darkness,
17 although there is no (X)violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, (Y)cover not my blood,
and let my (Z)cry find no resting place.
19 Even now, behold, my (AA)witness is in heaven,
and he who testifies for me is (AB)on high.
20 My friends (AC)scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would (AD)argue the case of a man with God,
as[b] a son of man does with his neighbor.
22 For when a few years have come
I shall go the way (AE)from which I shall not return.
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